My Front Yard Garden

Since I have almost no flowers in my back yard, I like to wander around the front yard every now and then throughout the summer with my macro lens to see what I can capture.  I recently found out that my neighbors watch me do this, since I've just met a few new ones up and down my street and they've asked me what I was doing out there with my camera.  ("Kooky lady with a camera...!")

I haven't been able to get a decent "farther away" shot of my heliopsis, so the below will have to do.

It's so nice and convenient when insects fly into the frame and land on my subject.  :)

I have two varieties of Asiatic lily, one more orange and one more red.

Oh--here's a day lily I'm throwing in from the back yard.

I hadn't taken any images of my woodland hydrangea yet this year, so I thought this'd be a good time to do that.  This variety of hydrangea doesn't pop a full head of blooms like most hydrangeas I've seen--you know, those big balloon-shaped heads of flowers.  I talked to the owner of a nursery at a farmers market last year, and she told me that my hydrangea is the so-and-so type--and for the life of me I can't remember what she said!  Nor can I find it by googling it.  Anyway, here's my hydrangea.

Another flower I enjoy in my front yard is threadleaf coreopsis.  I bought two little plants several years ago, and they're now two huge bushes!  They're filled with little yellow blossoms, and their leaves are shaped like needles; hence, their name.

A farmers market purchase yielded me this coneflower variety, called Powwow Wild Berry.  I love its deep, purply-pink color.  The flowers are absolutely gorgeous, and I think this is my favorite front yard garden flower.

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Christine

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Still Stuck!

I was stuck on May flowers for a long time.  Yeah, it's still May (in my picture galleries, anyway--I'm trying to catch up!), but it really is almost June!

Hey, they're flowers--and soon to be fruit!  (Tomatoes!)

More chives.

Garlic leaves, after the rain.

Daisy.

Coral bells black beauty.

Columbine.

Asiatic lily.

 Coral bells marmalade.

Isn't it starting to look like summer?  I think so, too.  Yay!


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Christine

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Stuck on May Flowers

May flowers are beautiful, especially after a long Chicagoland winter filled with white, gray, and blah.  The other reason I'm stuck on May flowers is because I took so many pictures of them.  :)

Columbine.

Strawberry blossom.

Chive blossoms.

Coral bells.

Coral bells black beauty.

Coral bells (red) and coral bells Marmalade.

Coral bells Marmalade.

Tomato blossom!

In case you haven't read it yet, I do have a vegetable garden this year!  Can't wait to share pics with y'all.


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Christine

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Freedom of Enjoyment

I hope you have realized at some point that the best things in life are free.  I certainly have realized this, especially since getting into macro photography as a hobby.  All the glorious color, all the incredible designs--right there for anyone to see and enjoy, and all for free.  When I see this tiny world through a macro lens and the viewfinder, I am awed by God's amazing attention to the finest detail.

Clematis

When I view these macro images on a computer screen, nice and big, the finest details become something even more awesome.  We talk of the great things being amazing--God's power, the universe, fireworks exploding--but the tiny, tiny details of a flower are just as amazing.

Hosta blooms

Rose, with a Japanese beetle hiding

Day lilies

Hydrangea

Day lily detail

I love the black and white version of this hydrangea.  :)

The flowers are blooming, and God is on His throne.


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Christine

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